Ballistic

Those UKCarBroker prices to look very tempting, does anyone know what delivery they are quoting?

I have been making some enquiries about the Ford Priviledge scheme today and was told it's only available to direct employees only or their relations. Anyone working for a subsiduary or franchise apparantly doesn't qualify. Each Ford employee gets 3 vouchers per year.
I have a friend who is a senior salesman with Jaguar and even he can't help me.

To the people that have ordered so far;
1) What colour have you chosen?
2) Have you gone for 3 or 5 door?
3) What extras if any have you specified?
4) Will anyone be fitting stripes?

Jonty B

I have used UK Car Broker before when buying an S2000 - no problems whatsoever. I emailed them a few days back re: the Focus ST 3 and they have quoted delivery for March (new plate) time. Shame really as this was a very tempting deal.

Ballistic

I suppose March delivery isn't to bad as long as they can honour the price.
I've heard scary stories about another internet broker that initialy quotes a very attractive price then as it gets closer to delivery time they start to ramp the price up with no refund of your deposit if you change your mind. Not good.

marcymarc555

From what i have heard these new Focus ST,s are a nice little package , but when ever i think st i think mondeo, not a good thought.

What really gets me down is the pioneer to the st series was the mondeo jobees and that to me was not a good foot to start on.

If these new st,s had an RS badge i would love one , but the st badge is a swear word to me.

simo

Saw one on a display in the service area of the Cat rally @ the w/end. looked good & was in orange .

Could not sit in it but it looks very good from what I could see.

Simon

Jonto

does anyone know what sort of mpg they do ?

Neanderthal

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That's what I was wondering. 2.5ltr turbo can't be too frugle me thinks.
All the reviews I've read rave about the car but none have commented on mpg.
Love the mini site though!

Fabioso

I have been monitoring the progress of the Focus ST with interest as I am one of those eligible for the Ford discount. Read the review in Autocar this week which after re-reading went from luke warm to positive!!!! Next week apparentlly they have got a hot hatch shoot out which should be interesting, 8 hot hatches and one weekend with all the reviewers chipping in. If the Focus is near the top of the bunch then I'm def interested!!!

The stat of 10 seconds faster around a track than the Focus RS makes me think I should be interested in a test drive!! MPG from what I've read is better than alot of the motors compared to performance.

Definitely one to watch and test drive!!! Don't think I could stomach the Electric Orange though no matter how striking it made the car appear

The Chief

That is great, now if they did an Astra VXR for around the same price hmmmmm!

borgie

I think you will be more interested if you go through this link.


Why not be one of the first to experience the thrill of the Focus ST engine by downloading the ringtone to your mobile, or get behind the wheel at www.newfocusst.co.uk.

Helped me to make a move.
Ordered one on Saturday. My wife did not want an orange ST.
When we went to browse she fell for it, as well as i did.
helpedWhy not be one of the first to experience the thrill of the Focus ST engine by downloading the ringtone to your mobile, or get behind the wheel at

J4CKO

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This makes them look amazing value

VW GOLF 2.0 FSI GTI 3DRS £19,995 £19,234
VW GOLF 2.0 FSI GTI 5DRS £20,495 £19,709
VW GOLF 2.0 GTI 3DRS AUTO DSG £21,325 £20,497
VW GOLF 2.0 GTI 5DRS AUTO DSG £21,825 £20,973

bugeyes

combined mpg is 30.4

Jonty B

Had a call from local dealer yesterday and managed to drive a 3 door orange ST-2 today.

Very impressed.

I was looking at moving into the fun practical car market again to replace a thirsty big SUV. As a point of reference I had previously owned an MY99 impreza for 5 years (280hp 250ft Ibs).

This particular version only had 50 miles on the clock and would obviously loosen up, but you wouldn't think this from the drive.

Exhaust note, both inside and out - absolutely lovely, very much like a slightly more agressive audi quattro. Seats and interior were better than my impreza, and rear / boot space was very good.

Ride was pretty impressive - considerably more comfortable than the new 330d M Sport that I drove last week. Throughout the test, I had a chance to drive both damp country lanes and dual carriageway with ESP turned off. Turn-in was good as was pick up from low revs. Slight torque steer was apparent at times, but I actually found this enjoyable. Never really felt the need to rev beyond 4.5k, but did so on the dual carriageway where it felt every bit as quick as a standard MY99.

Oh - and it grips - difficult to see where four wheel drive could be considerably better even on the lanes. Overall, an easy car to drive fast and too live with IMHO.

Jonty

bren.wright

I shall have to ring around, my dealer gave me some bull**** story about non being able to test drive till the new year!

borgie

[QUOTE=Jonty B]Had a call from local dealer yesterday and managed to drive a 3 door orange ST-2 today.

Very impressed.

are you going to order one then jonty B.
so it was better than you expected.

ordered one myself but not had a drive yet as dealership has not got their demo on the road yet. should be next week.

Borgie

dsegg

[QUOTE=borgie]I have tried a dozen different Ford dealers this week to try to see a new ST. Not one of them has a car yet. They say that they will receive their model by the end of this week / early next week - but for showrooms only. Not to be sold until January.

However I couldn't wait and have ordered a ST-2 anyway, in Blue - the missus wouldn't go for the orange !

Rasher

what do you think of them, was looking at one myself??

dogboy1

They have an orange demo ST at Chelmsford/Essex ready for test drives!

borgie

Get one brought. Drive Fantastic. Wife loves it too
I ll get mine on 01 March 06 .Electric orange


Borgie

scoobydooooo

my brother has an st170 and there is no way in hell it would have kept up with my old wrx , not a chance !! as for the st170 and rs , the rs would leave it for dead !! the st170 drives very much like an xr3i , it makes me wonder where the 170 bhp actually is , because it doesn't feel like it's 170 bhp !!

J4CKO

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Thankfully there are plenty of other colours, other than the Orange which incidentally is the most expensive colour option, looks quite good in white actually, as does the Golf GTI.

White hot hatches making a comeback, who would have thought it !

Dream Weaver

Agreed, this white one looks awesome, just a shame the mrs hates white cars:

Wish

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Collect mine tomorrow.

ST 2 In metallic Black.

wolfie28

If any of you are Military you get a 15% discount off the ST as with any Ford. They tried to fob me off at first with a load of dealer bulls*it but eventually my local Ford dealer said yes (didn't seem very happy though ). I'm off on Saturday to have a look, they quoted me £16,985 for an ST 2, five door in orange !!!!Happy hunting.

borgie

let us know how you go with it.

Borgie

gazzared_typer

I think I read somewhere that the one to go for is the ST -1 + the option of traction control for £250.


My CTR is up for renewal early next year, and if I can get rid of this twitch in my eye everytime I mention "Ford", it looks a goer. With my company deal, a 5dr ST1 is looking about £20 a month cheaper than my Honda.

Gazzared

Wish

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Got it.
Amd im very pleased with it. Much better than my old MK5 GTI

Newbie123

Looks very nice Wish, I'm considering one myself.

Any pics of the interior ? Looks like you went for the red option.

Wish

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I wanted Grey and Black, but It turned up with red in it. Havent got any other pictures at the moment but will post some more tomorrow

simo

I thought st2 was 18.5k? if so less 15% is 15725? They can't be charging you 1k for 2 more doors

Simon